Health Education England (HEE) was the non-departmental public body responsible for the education, training and workforce development of NHS staff in England, which merged into NHS England on 1 April 2023. It procured medical and clinical training programmes, e-learning platforms, workforce planning services and education infrastructure for doctors, nurses and allied health professionals.

Quick answer — Health Education EnglandLast refreshed 08 Nov 2026

At a glance

Health Education England has awarded £357.5m across 609 suppliers, with 362 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 12% · 23 open notices now · 1 award in last 90 d (£2.3m) · SME share 24% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration12%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share24%
Pipeline · open now23
Awards · 90 d1

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Health Education England (HEE) was the non-departmental public body responsible for the education, training and workforce development of NHS staff in England, which merged into NHS England on 1 April 2023. It procured medical and clinical training programmes, e-learning platforms, workforce planning services and education infrastructure for doctors, nurses and allied health professionals.

1000
Notices published
975
Awards
609
Suppliers engaged
2017
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£0
12 m spend
£65k
Prior 12 m
-100%
YoY change
£76k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Health Education England — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

23

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

23

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

1

£2.3m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

Unspecified653 · £356.0m
services347 · £34.3m

Instrument type

contract908 · £283.9m
call off92 · £106.4m
Source:Contracts Finder: 653Find a Tender: 347

Awarded contracts · 362 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Health Education England is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Leadership Programme for Surgical TraineesThe University of Birmingham80000000£250k15 Sept 2022active
FreshdeskFreshworks Inc.72000000£106k04 Mar 2022active
NHS Education Contract - Slough Borough CouncilSLOUGH BOROUGH COUNCIL80000000£15k30 Aug 2023active
Range of education and training services relating to the Anaesthesia WorkforceROYAL COLLEGE OF ANAESTHETISTS80000000£1.8m19 Dec 2022active
Range of education and training services relating to the Anaesthesia WorkforceROYAL COLLEGE OF ANAESTHETISTS80000000active
Assistant Accountant ApprenticeshipFIRST INTUITION LIMITED80000000£20k09 Oct 2023active
Provision of Bytes Software LicensesBYTES SOFTWARE SERVICES LIMITED72260000£32k20 Feb 2023active
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist (CAPT) TrainingLeeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trustactive
Provision of Accent Leave ManagerHicom Technology Limited48000000£193k01 Jan 2022active
NHS Education ContractROYAL BOROUGH OF WINDSOR AND MAIDENHEAD80000000£15k05 Sept 2023active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
TR
2 contracts · 27 Jul17 Feb
£41.4m
12% of total
2
SF
£36.3m
10% of total
3
FP
1 contract · SME · 23 Dec
£23.1m
6% of total
4
CC
3 contracts · 18 Aug01 Sept
£22.2m
6% of total
5
QM
4 contracts · 01 Apr24 Dec
£19.9m
6% of total
6
IC
4 contracts · 01 Apr04 Aug
£17.8m
5% of total
7
TU
6 contracts · 01 Apr05 Dec
£15.7m
4% of total
8
UO
2 contracts · 01 Mar
£13.9m
4% of total
9609
···
601 other suppliers
long tail · 149 SMEs
£167.3m
47% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Education, training
639 contracts
£361.1m
92%
Other
326 contracts
£19.6m
5%
Health & social work
5 contracts
£3.4m
1%
IT services, software
18 contracts
£3.1m
1%
R&D services
14 contracts
£1.7m
0%
Business, legal, advisory
16 contracts
£1.5m
0%
Software packages, IT
5 contracts
£374k
0%
Recreational, cultural, sport
2 contracts
£300k
0%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Education, training
Other
Health & social work
IT services, software
R&D services
Business, legal, advisory
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

Health Education England has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

24%
SME supplier share
target 33%
210
SME award rows
3
VCSE award rows
609
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 24% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UK
Contact
Workforce Commercial Team
Email
england.workforcecommercialteam@nhs.net

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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